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Prem Thakker

Prem Thakker was previously an associate writer for breaking news at The New Republic. His work has appeared in The American Prospect, Washington Monthly, CNN podcasts, and his newsletter Better World.

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June 15, 2023
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Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority
As states across the country move to make sure students are well fed, Republicans have announced their intention to fight back.
June 14, 2023
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Republicans Are Bringing Back Their Plan to Gut Social Security and Medicare
A new budget proposal for the 2024 fiscal year makes sweeping cuts.
June 14, 2023
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Lindsey Graham: If You Can Indict Trump for January 6, You Could Go After Any Republican
… OK, and?
June 14, 2023
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Even the Tennessee Firearms Association Found People Want More Gun Laws
Poll after poll shows Tennesseeans want greater gun regulation after the Nashville school shooting.
June 14, 2023
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House Republicans Vote to Weaken Gun Safety Regulations as Trump Is Arrested
While everyone was distracted, 217 House Republicans moved to roll back gun regulations.
June 14, 2023
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Trump Is “Scared Shitless”
While Trump celebrates his 77th birthday, insiders say he’s actually terrified about facing accountability for mishandling classified documents.
June 13, 2023
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Rewind: Rubio Is Defending Trump for the Exact Thing He Once Accused Him Of
The Republican senator doesn’t remember his own prescient warning.
June 13, 2023
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The Very Short List of Republicans Denouncing Trump on Classified Docs
Here are all the Republicans brave enough to say it’s bad to hide CIA documents in your bathroom.
June 13, 2023
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South Carolina Teacher’s Lesson on Racism Shut Down by School District
The classroom was barred from reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me.”
June 13, 2023
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Don’t Pour One Out for Pat Sajak, Wheel of Fortune’s Die-Hard Right-Wing Host
Pat Sajak has announced his retirement from the game show. Before you mourn his loss, remember what he stood for.
June 12, 2023
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Nikki Haley Finally Calls Donald Trump “Incredibly Reckless”
All it took was a second indictment.
June 12, 2023
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Kevin McCarthy Says National Security Secrets Are OK in the Bathroom
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had a bizarre explanation for why it’s OK that Trump stored classified national security documents in a Mar-a-Lago bathroom.
June 12, 2023
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Ohio Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Republicans Trying to Stop Abortion Rights
Conservatives have been trying to stop efforts to protect abortion rights with a confusingly worded ballot.
June 12, 2023
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Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Up on Texas Shores, in Eerie Reminder of Global Warming
There’s only more of this to come.
June 12, 2023
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Lindsey Graham Bends Over Backward Trying to Defend Donald Trump
The South Carolina senator engaged in some impressive mental gymnastics to justify Trump’s hoarding of classified documents.
June 9, 2023
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Trump Privately Applauded Hillary Clinton’s Lawyer for Deleting Her Emails
He seemed to imply to his attorneys that they ought to be as “great” as Hillary’s lawyer.
June 9, 2023
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Trump Showed Top Secret Classified Docs to His Super PAC Friend
He also hid documents in his bedroom and shower, according to the special counsel.
June 9, 2023
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Who Is Todd Blanche, Trump’s New Lawyer in Classified Docs Case?
Trump is suddenly shaking up his legal team as he faces a federal indictment.
June 9, 2023
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Trump in 2016 on Protecting Classified Info: “No One Will Be Above the Law”
Trump has repeatedly advocated for imprisonment for those who commit a crime like the one he was just charged with.
June 9, 2023
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Republicans Lash Out After Trump Indictment: “We Have Now Reached a War Phase”
Republicans are doubling down on their defense of Donald Trump.

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